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#E6DCCE

Bone · very light warm orange

About #E6DCCE

#E6DCCE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 86% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 1.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CED8E6 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6DCCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green220
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 1.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #E6DCCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DCCE.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6DCCE.
15.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6DCCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6DCCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DCCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DECE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBD9D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6DCCE?

#E6DCCE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 86% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6DCCE?

Use black text. Black on #E6DCCE has a contrast ratio of 15.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6DCCE?

Its complementary colour is #CED8E6, and analogous partners are #E6D0CE and #E4E6CE.